Chapter 247 The old man with bones
Canaan College, inner courtyard.

"They are all ants, not even a few of them are Dou Zong." Hidden in the void outside the inner courtyard, Elder Mu Gu withdrew the soul power he perceived, with a trace of disdain in his eyes, "The power established by Mang Tian Chi is really... weak!"

"However, that old man is too powerful. He has been a saint for many years, but he is still a mad dog who protects his own shortcomings..."

Thinking of Mang Tianchi, a trace of fear flashed in old man Mu Gu's eyes.

Mang Tianchi is far superior to him in terms of both his strength as a semi-saint and his status as an elder of the Thunder Clan. If he were really targeted by such a semi-saint with a high status and who bears grudges, even the Soul Palace would find it difficult to save him.

“Forget it. Although I am not afraid of him… but if I am really targeted by that mad dog, it will be troublesome in the end. I will spare the lives of these ants…”

"Anyway, the guy I want is Lin Yuan!"

"Besides, this matter cannot be made a big deal." Elder Mu Gu's face became a little more serious. "Violating the rules of the palace and privately attacking the candidate of the plan, if the higher-ups find out, everything will be over..."

"We have to make as little noise as possible and abduct Lin Yuan without anyone noticing."

Thinking of this, old man Mu Gu suppressed the urge to release his oppressive aura, or to kill Lin Yuan directly to force him out.

He quickly made a few hand seals and then gently wiped his face with his hand.

Suddenly, his face and aura changed, and he turned into a handsome young man. Then he raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "It's been a long time since I used this face. Let me sneak in and investigate, hehe..."

"After we get Lin Yuan, we need to kill the guardian of the Black Horn Region who was delivering the message..."

Having made up his mind, old man Mu Gu disappeared into the void.
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Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Under a big tree not far from the entrance, the empty space suddenly began to ripple like water waves.

Not long after, Lin Yuan's figure suddenly appeared in the center of the ripples. Then, like a person in a mirror, he took a step and slowly walked out from the center of the ripples. His figure seemed to turn from virtual to real and stepped into reality.

“No matter how many times I watch it, I am always amazed… The combination of the Ancient Dragon’s Qi and the Void Swimming Technique is truly extraordinary!”

The exclamation of Lord Skyfire came from the snow-white ring on the branch.

After a pause, he said with emotion: "Your talent in fighting skills and your absolute control over strength allow you to use the spatial talent bestowed by the power of the ancient dragon to the limit..."

"In terms of using space to move, you are no less capable than the average Dou Zun warrior."

"Thank you for your compliment, Senior!" Lin Yuan smiled, then his face became serious and he asked in a deep voice, "What is the big fish that Senior was talking about?"

Upon hearing this, Venerable Tianhuo's expression suddenly became serious.

"The perception formation I set up has reacted. Just now, a Dou Zun-level aura appeared outside the inner courtyard, but this person seemed to have noticed the formation and quickly hid his aura. Now it cannot be sensed."

Hearing this, a cold light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes, "It seems that someone has sneaked into the inner courtyard?"

"It should be!" Skyfire Reverend nodded, "What do you plan to do?"

"We can't let him stay in the inner courtyard for too long, otherwise something might happen to Little Medical Fairy!" Lin Yuan said firmly, "This person is probably coming for me. I will lead him out of the inner courtyard to buy time for Little Medical Fairy to condense her elixir."

If visitors stay in the inner courtyard for a long time, they will definitely notice the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower. If a Dou Zun attacks it, it will be impossible to stop it now.

"Where is the senior?" Lin Yuan looked at the Skyfire Venerable.

"I will go with you!" Skyfire Venerable pondered for a moment, then said decisively: "More people, more strength, maybe I can help a little!"

"Well, let's go..."

As he spoke, he put the snow-white ring on his hand and created a shadow clone for protection and long-distance communication.

Thoughts raced through his mind, and he quickly analyzed the current situation.

"If someone from the Soul Palace is looking for me, according to the information sent by Guardian Xuan, the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire and soul power are my best signs. And according to the time calculation, this person rushed here as soon as he received the first piece of information."

"If nothing unexpected happened, his intelligence should not have been updated in such a short period of time, and his knowledge of me should remain at that of a seventh-grade alchemist. If that's the case..."

Lin Yuan restrained his soul power, keeping it at the seventh level, and scanned the inner courtyard.

Then, his mind moved, and the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire burst out from his body, lingering around his body. He stomped the ground hard, and his body suddenly turned into an extremely hot green light, flying towards the endless mountains at the back.

"I have sent out the invitation. If you want me to be your target, then follow me..."
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"Seventh-grade soul power, and... strange fire!!!"

Elder Mu Gu, who was walking towards the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower, looked at the green light from afar and murmured in a low voice: "The fire is green, the fire is like a lotus, like a volcano, the nineteenth on the list of strange fires - the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire. Lin Yuan, I found it, hehe..."

Feeling the fear of the beast fire in his body, Old Man Mu Gu was not angry but happy, "It is worthy of being a strange fire, it is really a good fire... a good fire, this fire and I are destined to be together..."

At this moment, his cold eyes were filled with greed that could not be concealed.

"Fly into the mountains?" Looking at the direction Lin Yuan was heading, the old man Mu Gu raised his lips slightly: "Very good, then I won't have to be restrained, God is really helping me... Strange Fire, here I come!"

With a punch, the void space suddenly became extremely distorted, and a dark space channel appeared behind him.

"The aura of this tower... I'll tell you later!"

After taking a glance at the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower, old man Mu Gu moved and entered the space channel.

After his figure disappeared, the space channel also closed quickly.

"Was that just my hallucination?"

A silver-haired woman passing by frowned as she looked at the location of the space passage. "No, it looks a bit like a space wormhole, but it's not it. Could it be the space passage that Grandpa mentioned, the space passage used by the Dou Zun strongman? Hiss——"

Han Yue took a deep breath and shook her head. "Forget it. That level is beyond my reach. What I should think about is..."

"The Hong family, the Han family, Hong Chen, Fenglei Pavilion... there are some troubles..."

As she was thinking, a graceful figure in green flashed through her mind: "Now you can solve my troubles with just one sentence... Lin Yuan, what a pity!"

Thinking of Lin Yuan, Han Yue couldn't help but feel a little lost.

During the period of the outer courtyard, the two had some interactions - the beginning of a hero saving a beauty, a client for elixir trading, and a book friend who shared his experiences...

Han Yue felt that she was quite perceptive, so she could conclude that the young man in blue who smiled and called her "senior sister" at that time had some special liking for her.

And deep in her heart, she also had a slight liking for the young man in blue who was showing his potential.

For Han Yue, who has always been extremely obsessed with cleanliness, Lin Yuan is one of the very few men she is willing to contact; and that ordinary yet extraordinary relationship is also a relationship that leaves room for imagination for her.

Thinking of this, Han Yue couldn't help feeling a little lost.

"Han Yue, Han Yue, you idiot, why didn't you seize the opportunity back then? What's the point of putting cultivation first? What's the point of talking about love? Wait until you've achieved success in cultivation. The best person, the best opportunity, you missed it in an instant..."

As her thoughts drifted, Han Yue thought of a possible future, but in the end she could only sigh. "Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan, why are you moving so fast?"

The girl's thoughts drift in the wind under the bright sunshine...

Lin Yuan had no idea of ​​the girl's thoughts, but even if he did, he would probably just chuckle with emotion.

Back then, Lin Yuan, who was still young and had little understanding of strength, perhaps out of a stamp collecting mentality, did have some thoughts about this silver-haired "senior-type" beauty who had a "name and surname" in his foresight.

If he had taken the normal route, entered the inner courtyard, practiced normally, and the two of them continued to get along, he and Han Yue might...

However, the moment Lin Yuan decided to swallow the Life-Devouring Pill, the trajectory of his fate changed completely.
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Inner courtyard and back hill.

In the endless mountains, Lin Yuan’s body turned into green light and ran quickly.

At this moment, the air not far ahead suddenly twisted violently, and strong spatial fluctuations spread out from it.

"My friend, where are you going with my Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire?"

A playful voice came from the twisted space, and then a dark space crack about ten feet in size appeared, and a gray-blue flame channel extended from the space crack.

Then, a man in a black robe walked out slowly along the gray-blue flame passage.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan stepped into the void with his profound steps. As the ripples in space echoed, he completed the transformation from extreme movement to extreme state in an instant, and his galloping figure stood still in the void.

Taking a deep breath, he estimated the distance to the inner courtyard and looked at the visitor solemnly.

"Clap clap-"

Elder Mu Gu stretched out his hands, calmly clapped his hands, and praised generously: "Good body skills! Good talent... But, can you return the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire to me?"

"It would be a pity for such a talented person like you to die! Hand over the Azure Lotus Earth Heart Fire to me, and I can spare your life today, hehe..."

As he spoke, a somewhat "sincere" smile appeared on his face.

However, at this moment, old man Mu Gu's eyes were filled with extreme murderous intent and were extremely cold.

Since he has set his sights on the other party's strange fire, the two will fight to the death.

At this moment, he was completely certain that the person in front of him was indeed a seventh-grade alchemist who was less than twenty years old, and a six-star Dou Zong. This kind of enemy was extremely talented in both cultivation and alchemy. He must die here, otherwise he would have trouble sleeping and eating in the future.

Moreover, this feeling of wiping out top geniuses was what Mu Gu loved the most, hehehehe...

Of course, Lin Yuan could not be deceived by old man Mu Gu's words, and he could not hide the hidden murderous intent from him either.

"He can laugh and has the aura of the Soul Palace, so he is definitely from the Soul Palace. However, his purpose is not to capture me, but to kill me and take away the strange fire. Plus, he has fire attributes, so he is most likely an alchemist. So his identity... is it Mu Gu?"

As his thoughts flowed, he had some guesses about the identity of the visitor.

"Senior Yao, what is his cultivation level?" Lin Yuan asked in his heart, making a final confirmation.

"Three Star Dou Zun." Skyfire Zun replied.

"Yes, it's Mu Gu." A gleam of brilliance flashed in Lin Yuan's deep eyes. He looked at old man Mu Gu and said, "You want to kill me? If the guardian Ruo Xuan didn't lie to me, the Soul Palace should have wanted to capture me. You... betrayed the Soul Palace?"

When he heard the word "betrayal", old man Mu Gu's face turned cold, and his murderous intent was released without any concealment.

"Jie Jie—"

He looked at Lin Yuan coldly, and said with murderous intent: "Boy, since you know something you shouldn't know, don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless."

"Ah--"

Lin Yuan sneered and said sarcastically, "Old man, you still can't see through it even at this age. You just kill people and rob them, why are you looking for excuses? Did you join the Soul Palace for nothing? Are you really a member of the Soul Palace? You are totally unqualified..."

"You are a disgrace to my Soul Palace. From now on, please sit at the table with the children when you eat..."

Hearing Lin Yuan's words of contempt and disgust, old man Mu Gu was stunned.

He immediately flew into a rage. How could he, the famous Mu Gu elder, be despised by a young boy? In addition, what did this person think of the Soul Palace? An unreasonable organization? An evil organization that did all kinds of evil?

Moreover, judging from the tone of this kid, is he willing to join the Soul Palace?

Damn it, he would never allow such a thing.

Thinking of this, the old man Mu Gu smiled grimly and said coldly: "Boy, if you want to irritate me, you succeeded! Die for me..."

Before he finished speaking, he seemed to merge into space and appeared in front of Lin Yuan. He bent his palm and with a fierce force, he grabbed Lin Yuan's crown fiercely.

A flash of lightning appeared on Lin Yuan's body, leaving behind a residual image, and then his figure disappeared on the spot.

The next moment, the remaining image was torn into pieces.

Elder Mu Gu clenched his palms casually, tilted his head to look at Lin Yuan, and said indifferently: "The Three Thousand Thunder Movements of Fenglei Pavilion are interesting, but this can't save your life!"

"Want to kill me? That requires skill."

Lin Yuan smiled calmly, and then a flash of lightning flashed, and he drilled out from the gap that was about to close. He said lightly: "It is indeed effective to use the soul barrier to block the space, but you have to be more careful when performing it."

Although Lin Yuan was mocking, his eyes were much more serious.

Although this old fellow was indeed angry, he was not out of his mind, and he had no martial ethics at all, even launching a sneak attack on a young guy like himself.

If I hadn't been sharp enough, I might have been trapped by him just now.

"Let's go to the battlefield we prepared before."

Glancing towards the inner courtyard, Lin Yuan's clone in the courtyard sent a message, then looked at Mu Gu with amusement and said provocatively: "If you don't want to be punished for attacking me privately, then try to kill me! The premise is that you can do it, haha..."

Before he finished speaking, his figure was wrapped in lightning and rushed away into the distance.

"hehe--"

An extremely sinister sneer came from the mouth of old man Mu Gu.

Then, he put away the soul barrier with a thought, and looked in the direction where Lin Yuan left. "Provocation, I never thought that a boy from a remote place would dare to look down on me to such an extent..."

"Your provocation was successful, but can you really withstand the wrath of Dou Zun?"

The space around old man Mu Gu trembled at the same time, and his figure mysteriously disappeared from the spot.

(End of this chapter)